Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-12

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duct ~ to tho nearest outpost down tho nvss
and make q bargain with the authorities II
was plain to be seen that they were disap'
pointed, and after a confab tho interprete1
was ordered to say to me:
"You try one time again. Captain eive
canoe full, we let you 60. He no buy, we Hill
you. We no take you down the river
II wrote another letter to the captain Civ
ing tho above information and appealing to
him not to leave us to perish. For the wages
which would be due us upon cur return to
Georgetown he could probably ransom US. ]
at least hoped he would make the offer and
the effort. As subsequently, appeared, he did
make the offer and a good deal more. He of.
fered four muskets and q large quantity Of
other barter for our safe return, but the stick
was the natives wanted the goods in advance
They were a suspicious lot, and would not
trust the captain to stand to his bargain. On
the other hand he had no faith that they
would keep their promise to him, and thus the
messengers were returned empty handed
Great was the rage of the people thereat. ]
was brought out of my hut and kicked and
cuffed about until I fell exhausted, and ths
same treatment was likewise served out tc
Keys. It was only after they had thus NAL
treated US that the captains letter was shows
to me. He expressed his willingness to pay q
fair ransom, but wanted me to make the
natives understand that they must act fairly
in the matter. This I tried to explain to tho
chief and his interpreter, but they either could
not or would not understand. I think the
killing of Price was also a knotty point in the
transaction. They probably expected the
rnvfoSn Uoss1d SooL vovonro for that ovS fhoA
II he got the opportunity he would force them
to release us without ransom.
II went to bed sore and supperless to pass Z
wakeful night. Early the next morning !
was routed out to write q third letter to the
captain. While I, of course, desired to save
my life, I had pretty fully made up my mind
that the natives had no intention of giving u
up. I wrote to the captain to that effect
telling him to give them nothing until We
were brought down the stream to a point
where we could be exchanged. The fact that
the village was full of stuff for barter, and
that the tribe had fought shy of trading with
the schooner, was proof to me that they werq
In a hostile mood. His frmness would result
In either our death or liberty, and that proba-
bly, before night.
1.-THE morning was very hot and close, and
before 9 o'clock I observed that the birds
about US were in a state of alarm. The ma
lives soon exhibited a restless and uneasy
spirit, and finding that little or no attention
was paid to me, l walked over to where Keys
was confined. AS soon as we put our heads
together we became satisfied that some terri
ble storm was brewing. The air continued
to grow more hot and sitting, and at about
10 o'clock there came an earthquake shock
which nearly threw us down. The first was
speedily followed by a second and third, and,
as the huts began to tumble and the trees to
fall, everybody ran away. Keys and myself
look a path leading to the east and ran fer
life, both of us having noticed that the forest
was more open in that direction. We were
neither hindered nor pursued. 1t came on 10
blow a heavy gale soon after the shocks, aad
during the first hour of our wanderings Ne
were in constant fear of death. After going
seven or eight miles to the east we came upon
= sparsely wooded plain, and it was only then
that we made up our minds to escape. We
found plenty of wild fruits and fresh water,
and during the whole day we did not meet
with a native. 1t was long after dark before
we lay down to rest, and it was scarcely day
light before we were afoot again.
"Not to weary you with embarrassing de-
tails, I may say that for seven days we held
to the east, sometimes having a close shave
meeting natives, and sometimes so
out that we would willingly nave sur
rendered. Toward evening of the seventh
day, when we lad made fully 12O miles, we
came upon the river which divides British
Dutch Guiana, and p~rovidentially at
the camp of some Dutch military officers who
were on a hunting excursion. 1t was months
after this before l reached Georgetown, while
Keys never got there at all, being carried off
by jungle fever. / hunted up Capt. Larkins,
who had long ago given Inc up for dead, and
| was rightly treated in the matter of wages,
and aided to secure a berth on Il brig about
70 sail for Liverpool. He had refused to give
The natives any ransom in advance, and after
for three days, without hearing my
thing further from HE, had begun the home
voyagc.'-New York Sun.